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EXCLUSIVE: DreamWorks has set Brett Ratner to direct The 39 Clues, the live-action adaptation of the bestselling young-adult Scholastic Media book series, online game and card collection. The series, which just had its 11th installment published, focuses on the most powerful family in the world, the Cahills, and the books give clues as to the secret of the clan’s power. When DreamWorks partners Stacey Snider and Steven Spielberg set up the project in 2008, it was developed as a directing vehicle for Spielberg. He’s been busy, moving from War Horse to the Daniel Day-Lewis starrer Lincoln.
The script has been written by Jeff Nathanson, who has collaborated with Ratner on the Rush Hour films and most recently on Tower Heist, the Universal Pictures film that Ratner just directed and which will be released Nov. 4, with Ben Stiller starring alongside Eddie Murphy, Matthew Broderick, Casey Affleck and Tea Leoni. Scholastic Media’s Deborah Forte and Spielberg are producing The 39 Clues with Nathanson. Ratner’s repped by CAA.
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When is he gonna do an R rated Beverly Hills Cop????
Ugh.
too bad, that one had potential
So he’s lining up his next movie and it’s a pre-sold adaptation penned by the most overpaid writer in Hollywood? Wow Yower Heist must be amaaaaazing.
Good for Ratner. I always said he is the most underrated director in the business. Very entertaining and with real flair. Great job on Red Dragon too!
Perhaps the 40th clue reveals how Ratner still has an A-list career.
Brett Ratner has definitely matured it seems into something more than a self promoting child. He’s staying out of the tabloids and adopting a more humble attitude. I have noticed his involvement in a lot projects that might never have seen the light of day if it weren’t for his endorsement. All this to say, I believe I have regained my like of him that I had once upon a time, laughing my ass off to Rush Hour 1 & 2 before I read those arrogant interviews ten years ago. But I digress, I think He will do an excellent job on 39 Clues. Wishing Him luck in his adult life.
Man, Spielberg used to be my hero. I got into the biz because of him. But after working with Michael Bay on those sellout monstrosities, making A.I., War of the Worlds and…ugh…Crystal Skull, he now works with the least talented, least sincere “director” in Hollywood? WTF happened to this guy???
I guess cash rules, even when you have enough for a million lifetimes, you just want more, more, more. What a sellout.
How does a movie go from being set up for Spielberg to direct to Ratner?
Glad to hear Ratner finally got a clue…
Not a bigger D-bag in Hollywood.
Spielberg developes the worst ideas for dreamworks.
The books are amazing. Ratner actually has the perfect pop sensibility for this one.
AN INSPIRING CHOICE BRETT’s PASSION & LOVE OF FILM WILL MAKE THIS FRANCHISE #SHINE LIKE THE SUN
Thanks, Charlie Sheen!
Great. Another film for Ratner to attach himself to that will never get made.
Man, he’s pretty terrible.
Spielberg and Ratner are long time buddies… family friends. Ratner likes to pretended he hustled his way to the top, but Mommy opened a lot doors for him early in his career.
Jeff Nathanson wrote Catch Me If You Can. One of my favorite movies and Spielberg’s most underrated film (my opinion). Yet everything else with Nathanson’s name on it is crap. Can someone explain that? Did he not write CMIYC?
@Alex dee: that’s because he has greenlight. At other studios, he has to be slightly more aware of commercial influences…
It is as if a million taste buds all cried out at once, and were silenced. Everytime deadline posts this guys picture or the work he’s doing all of Filmdom simultaneously hurls.
Ratner should be, wait… IS the poster child for everything that’s wrong with the modern Hollywood system. Completely mundane, uninspiring movies that make a lot at the box office return, for reasons god only knows. Movies that have no shelf life. Then he goes and attaches himself to projects that never get made.
Not to mention he’s one of the biggest douche-bags I’ve ever had the displeasure of meeting.
There’s a reason why he’s disliked by so many; simply because he’s one of the most untalented directors around. He doesn’t even make bad movies, because bad films stick out; Ed Wood as an example.
Why is this guy so loved in this town? He’s like Jay Leno; got a strangle-hold on some people. Why someone like Spielberg would ever want to associate himself with this hack is mind-boggling.
I love Brett Ratner he’s a god. Great job Brett!
Noooooooooooooooooooo!
Go get em Brett, we knew all along you were genius.
From an invested Madrigal, no offense to Brett, I was stunned that he was chosen to unite the families … especially after all that Amy and Dan have gone through.
Good for him for his success on his past productions. Yet, the genre that he is used to is night and day to what, The 39 Clues, represents.
If it is true that Mr. Ratner has laid low, and has adopted a more humble attitude, being grateful versus egocentric from opportunities that have come his way in life (not without hard work withstanding), perhaps he would consider collaborating with another brilliant director who has had much success with kid-friendly films… Tom Shadyac.
Tom is a true Madrigal. And with the brilliance of the thrill that Brett can bring … Tom brings the heart.
I think Grace would be very pleased if these two could form an alliance, along with all the millions of readers who wait in eager anticipation for, The 39 Clues, to come to life on the big screen.